""Good English" implies that there are various kinds of English ("good English" and "bad English"),"
and indeed there are - they are known as "dialects", which deviate in various ways from "received English" (which is itself a somewhat ill-defined term). The most outlandish dialect is "pidgin English"
"... rather than various speakers of English whose skills vary. There is but one language named "English", just as there is but one "Michael Sellaroli". There is no "bad Michael Sellaroli" and no "good Michael Sellaroli". 'English', like "Michael Sellaroli" is a proper name."
But there is (AFAIAW) only one entity known by the proper name "Michael Sellaroli" (and whether either of the adjectives "good" and "bad" could reasonably be applied to him I wouldn't know). But there are numerous entitities (dialects) described by the proper name (if it really is a proper name) "English", and hence it is reasonable to discuss whether one of them is "better" or "worse" than another.
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